VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-14385

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-131
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-131

Primary references